Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Volume 3New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Edward Jordan Dimock, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Louis J. Rezzemini, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company, 1850 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... Witness the post notes of the late Bank of the United States , and the negotiable notes and bills of some of our own banks , which followed , though on a more humble scale , both the frauds and the bankruptcy of the national institution ...
... Witness the post notes of the late Bank of the United States , and the negotiable notes and bills of some of our own banks , which followed , though on a more humble scale , both the frauds and the bankruptcy of the national institution ...
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... witnesses whose affidavits are used to prove " the facts and circum- stances to establish the grounds on which the application is made , " do not appear to have any interest in the debt sworn to by the creditor , they will be presumed ...
... witnesses whose affidavits are used to prove " the facts and circum- stances to establish the grounds on which the application is made , " do not appear to have any interest in the debt sworn to by the creditor , they will be presumed ...
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... witnesses . ( 2 R. S. 3 , 4 , 5 ; 1 R. L. 157 , 1 , 23 ; 21 Wend . 316. ) Even if this is necessary , the residence of ... witness had no interest in it . S. G. Havens , for respondent . JEWETT , Ch . J. The revised statutes ( 2 R. S. p ...
... witnesses . ( 2 R. S. 3 , 4 , 5 ; 1 R. L. 157 , 1 , 23 ; 21 Wend . 316. ) Even if this is necessary , the residence of ... witness had no interest in it . S. G. Havens , for respondent . JEWETT , Ch . J. The revised statutes ( 2 R. S. p ...
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... witnesses . It was contended that the witnesses must be proved to be disinterested , and that it could not be presumed , to sustain the jurisdiction of the officer . The case made by the proof of the applicant showed that the debt was ...
... witnesses . It was contended that the witnesses must be proved to be disinterested , and that it could not be presumed , to sustain the jurisdiction of the officer . The case made by the proof of the applicant showed that the debt was ...
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... witnesses , and that was the only part of the case which by the true construction of section five is required to be verified by the affidavits of two disinterest- ed witnesses . ( In the matter of Brown , 21 Wend . 316. ) There was a ...
... witnesses , and that was the only part of the case which by the true construction of section five is required to be verified by the affidavits of two disinterest- ed witnesses . ( In the matter of Brown , 21 Wend . 316. ) There was a ...
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Page 462 - Indeed the proposition may be stated in a more general form ; that if a creditor does any act injurious to the surety, or inconsistent with his rights, or if he omits to do any act when required by the surety, which his duty enjoins him to do, and the omission proves injurious to the surety, in all such cases the latter will be discharged, and he may set up such conduct as a defence to any suit brought against him, if not at law, at all events in Equity.
Page 42 - ... has departed therefrom, with intent to defraud his creditors, or to avoid the service of a summons, or keeps himself concealed therein with the like intent...
Page 14 - That all actions, suits, controversies, and cases arising under any law of the United States, granting or confirming to inventors the exclusive right to their inventions or discoveries...
Page 389 - But our law, to guard against fraud, gives the entire property, without any account, to him whose original dominion is invaded, and endeavored to be rendered uncertain without his own consent.
Page 485 - ... it shall not be lawful for the Directors of any such company to divide, withdraw, or in any way pay to the stockholders or any of them, any part of the capital stock...
Page 77 - Co., after enumerating all the charges on the cargo and ship, therein charged to the plaintiff a commission of two and a half per cent. 'on the amount of the goods and charges.
Page 551 - To which he is a party, or in which he is interested; 2. When he is related to either party by consanguinity or affinity within the third degree, computed according to the rules of law; 3.
Page 268 - ... into the United States shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum of one thousand dollars, which may be sued for and...
Page 33 - Issues or puts in circulation any bank bill or note of any such corporation or banker, unless the same shall be made payable on demand and without interest, except bills of exchange on foreign countries or places beyond the limits or...
Page 240 - ... to make an order for the sale of any real estate belonging to such corporation...